Year of the whores ranks as one of the BBC's great subtitling blunders

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      Whenever I speak my pidgin Cantonese, I'm always careful with the word for the number nine.

      That's because if I don't get the right pitch, it can be misconstrued as something obscene.

      The BBC experienced a similar problem while ringing in the Lunar New Year.

      According to The Drum, instead of writing "Year of the Horse", the British state broadcaster wrote "Year of the whores".

      Oops...

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      Dick Nasty

      Feb 2, 2014 at 12:09am

      LOL!

      cathy

      Feb 2, 2014 at 9:19am

      "Year of the Whores"-too funny.
      Might be a good description for election years?

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